Right here. DD - Nov 1st. Lets hope it sticks!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Saturday, 28 March 2009 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://mirror-us-ga1.gallery.hd.org/_exhibits/food/_more2005/_more05/champagne-cork-popping-flying-water-liquid-drops-on-blue-AJHD.jpg
― Vanessa del Rio Ferdinand (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 28 March 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
(Not a visual metaphor btw.)
talking about it...Lil has accumulated a giant collection of outgrown clothes and I suggested sorting through them for donations or consignment shops and my wife says, "why don't we just hang on to them?"
this is is what passes for serious discussion in my home. Anyway, congrats!
― Oh Why, Sports Coat? (Dr. Superman), Saturday, 28 March 2009 16:42 (fifteen years ago) link
yay - more scorpios in the world! congratulations!
― velko, Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Hooray! Congrats!
Still got four weeks to go here, I am SO over being the size of a house!
― Meg (Meg Busset), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
YAYYYYY!
― otm in new york (G00blar), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:53 (fifteen years ago) link
a thread idea with staying power too
― otm in new york (G00blar), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:54 (fifteen years ago) link
congratz, sunny!!!!
not totally relevant but: my poor best friend got pregnant the first time after failed condom followed by failed ECP. now they've been trying for over a year to give their 'accidental' daughter a sibling, to no avail :(
― where we turn sweet dreams into remarkable realities (just1n3), Saturday, 28 March 2009 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
YAY Sunny congrats! You must be so excited. Awesome news.
― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:21 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks you all. We've even had a new portrait done.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_R054bYs_S5U/SciFr1hGdYI/AAAAAAAAAug/jPyQ7aObpbg/s1600-h/the_best_yearbook_photo_ever.jpg
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt203/pplains/the_best_yearbook_photo_ever.jpg
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
That picture is pretty awesome. Btw, congratulations to you too!
Have you told Beeps anything yet or is she too young to really understand?
― Too Into Dancing to Argue (ENBB), Saturday, 28 March 2009 18:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I like the ass-cupping action going on there. It just adds that much more class to an already pretty untouchable pic.
That's a beautiful image.
So have you managed to escape morning sickness so far?
― Meg (Meg Busset), Saturday, 28 March 2009 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
congratulations!both for the baby and the excuse to post that classy-ass picture! ;)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Saturday, 28 March 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks, guys! not really loving the thought of the next 7 months but cant wait for baby to appear.
Meg, im already totally sick most of the time and if the first pregnancy is anything to go by i'll be like that for the 2nd and 3rd trimester too. blah.
Justine, thats sucks for your friend! I always hear about the second time being the easy one as far as conceiving but i guess not for everyone. :(
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
congrats, sunny!!!!!
― waaa waaa waaaa lol (tehresa), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:18 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks, tza!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link
(and pp i guess)
― waaa waaa waaaa lol (tehresa), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
he had something to do with it! he did!
also, congrats. beeps II !!
― brewster wa (jergins), Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
congratulations!!
― estela, Saturday, 28 March 2009 22:34 (fifteen years ago) link
All I know is that she went to New Jersey for a week...
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 29 March 2009 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
hurrah! i doubt beeps will get it. until beepsie two is around for realzzz. :-) well, we tried to tell ophelia (who was of course quite a bit younger).
my friend's daughter told her kid sister:"look" (while pointing at her mom's belly) "you're getting a new sister!" hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha guess she thought that little fat bump was cultivating a third kid. they're not, sadly, even though mommy wants one. daddy has decided it's not possible.
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Sunday, 29 March 2009 07:57 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah beeps doesnt get it. although i couple of weeks ago i drew what i had seen on the ultrasound on her chalk board so pp could see how tiny the kiddo is right now. i said to beeps 'hey come look at your brother or sister!' she walked around and saw where i was pointing to. she let out an 'ohh!' then picked up and piece of chalk and proceeded to furiously scribble over the baby part until it was obliterated. she then set down the chalk and said in a very cheery singsong voice 'All done!' and walked away. pp and i just stood there with 'holy shit!' looks.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Sunday, 29 March 2009 12:21 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit!
― otm in new york (G00blar), Sunday, 29 March 2009 13:07 (fourteen years ago) link
That is awesome.
― schwantz, Sunday, 29 March 2009 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
LOL!!!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Sunday, 29 March 2009 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
that's the awesomest thing i heard all week. beeps, you go girl! :-)
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Sunday, 29 March 2009 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Yay, congratulations!!!! Am slightly envious, just ever so slightly!
― Vicky, Monday, 30 March 2009 07:37 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats to sunny, PP, and big sister Beeps! (November 1st is my sister's birthday and thus a fine time to be due.)
We might have been working on (ew) small Holland number two by now if I hadn't started a new job in January - going on maternity leave after anything less than a year in post seems just slightly cheeky.
― Archel, Monday, 30 March 2009 08:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh my god, YOU HAVE TO DELIVER ON 31st of October, then your baby will share his/her bday with Elisabeth. Woohoo. :-)
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Monday, 30 March 2009 10:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats SS/PP!
― WmC, Monday, 30 March 2009 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Awesome, you guys!
― guys i need to eliminate this business associate and im really nervous (Laurel), Monday, 30 March 2009 14:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations!
― Event Horizon (Nicole), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:00 (fourteen years ago) link
hooray!
it's gonna be tough coming up with a name as good as "beeps" tho
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
honks
― goaty (harbl), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
loops
― •--• --- --- •--• (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:28 (fourteen years ago) link
joeks (if it's a bruv)
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:31 (fourteen years ago) link
name it lord farthing
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations Sunny!
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Aww, I missed this thread - congrats SS and PP!
Now, Beeps what have you got to say about it?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/3207343677_907f079fdd_o.jpg
― Say what you like Professor Words (Ned Trifle II), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
haha thats about the attitude too. thanks guys!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
okay this puking is getting out of control
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Thursday, 9 April 2009 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
redecorated work bathroom floor this morning
Congratulations! (About the baby, not the puking).
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 9 April 2009 22:25 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Thursday, 9 April 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
I should read this board more (not that I have any intention of using it for anything other than vicarious thrills at other people's kids). Congratulations to the SS/PP household, the world definitely needs more kick-ass kids.
― ailsa, Saturday, 25 April 2009 09:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks, Ailsa! This kid is already kicking my ass!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Saturday, 25 April 2009 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I am STILL knocked up and not happy about this, surely second babies are supposed to come a bit quicker?
― Meg (Meg Busset), Sunday, 26 April 2009 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
wow. when is the due date. i was figuring sometime this week?
just imagine in a few days youll never have to be pregnant again!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Sunday, 26 April 2009 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
Due date was Monday, so the little wotsit is already six days late...
― Meg (Meg Busset), Sunday, 26 April 2009 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
wow! i always assume second babies are early. well, hang in there!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Sunday, 26 April 2009 18:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Had a sweep this morning, 1-2cm dilated, but nothing moving yet. Booked in for an induction on Thursday if nothing happens by then (boo).
― Meg (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Beeps was induced. People have said to me that she doesn't have a real birthday. Whatever. I'm pretty sure if you were born you have a birthday.
Were you overdue with Howie?
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
What a stupid, terrible thing to say!! I mean, I can be blindly natural-childbirth/LLL/dirty hippie etc-crazed but to say a child didn't "have a birthday" is just ridiculous point-scoring!
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
peeps can be lame. what can you do? maybe we can use it when shes 16 and wants a car 'oh you know we'd love to get you a car for your birthday but its probably time we told you you don't actually have a real birthday. sorry!'
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:41 (fourteen years ago) link
SS, I am constantly amazed at the rudeness and mentalness of people!
Howie came 10 days late but I was in labour for two days so was already in labour by this time with him. The annoying thing is the hospital doesn't routinely induce until term+12 which would be Saturday, but they don't induce at the weekend and they're fully booked on Friday so I have to go in two days earlier.
― Meg (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Cant wait until Monday? We need Ally on this thread to tell the story of how her mom was a month overdue with her.
My preggo update: still v v sick but getting longer and longer periods of feeling ok (before the sick starts again) too.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 17:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Sunny, that's like classic Gilbert & Sullivan. I highly recommend that strategy for keeping Beeps under lock and key (and under the legal age for anything fun).
― But not someone who should be dead anyway (Laurel), Tuesday, 28 April 2009 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
I think you only don't have a real birthday if you were born on February 29th.
― tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 28 April 2009 20:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Alice was induced too, but I've never ever heard that 'not a real birthday' thing. How bizarre.
Meg, good luck for tomorrow (if not before!!)
― Archel, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:19 (fourteen years ago) link
They won't leave it til next week because it's hospital policy to induce at term+12 and I would be +14 on Monday, plus the delivery suite is so busy that often you have to wait a day or two to get an induction slot, so that could take me into the middle of next week. TBH I am so fed up with being pregnant that I'm willing to be induced if that's what it takes! but would obviously rather go into labour naturally.
I had strong, regular contractions from 4am-6am this morning but they have tailed off since, here's hoping they get started again.
― Meg (Meg Busset), Wednesday, 29 April 2009 10:09 (fourteen years ago) link
good luck!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 29 April 2009 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Not knocked up any more! Archie William finally arrived at 3.52am, weighing in at 8lb 15oz. Will post on the photo thread later.
― Meg (Meg Busset), Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Yay!!!!! Thats so great, Meg. Snuck in just before the induction, right? Sounds like everything went well. Was it faster and/or less painful this time? Congrats! Can't wait to see the photos.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
― Nicodle Otago (Nicole), Thursday, 30 April 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Fantastic news, congratulations! Glad you didn't have to go through the induction, can't wait to see the photos
― Vicky, Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:37 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a big baby.
― WmC, Thursday, 30 April 2009 19:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations!!
― ENBB, Thursday, 30 April 2009 23:04 (fourteen years ago) link
wau!
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 3 May 2009 21:36 (fourteen years ago) link
archie's a great name. congratulations!
― would you ask tom petty that? (tipsy mothra), Monday, 4 May 2009 02:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Archie! Woot! :-) How are things going?
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 13:57 (fourteen years ago) link
All going fine, thanks! He's an angel baby thus far, mainly just sleeps and feeds (and feeds, and feeds -- weighed in at 9lb 9oz yesterday, ie has put on 10oz in 12 days!). It seems much easier than the first few weeks with Howie; I don't know if that's because Archie's more laidback, or we are...
― Meg (Meg Busset), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 15:01 (fourteen years ago) link
sounds like elisabeth. the first three weeks all she did was sleep. then she woke up and never wanted to sleep for more than two hours. hah but oh boy do i feel broody seeing all these wonderful babies.
― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Wednesday, 13 May 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
my best friend (since we were 9) just found out shes having a boy! she is also due on the same day as i am.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Wednesday, 27 May 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Went for high risk scan today. scary stuff but everything is perfect size and no unexpected fluid gathering anyhwere. kid also moving around like lightning in there. oh also seen - testicles.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
!! A little brother to boss around...
― schwantz, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 03:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_juV31YwBJoU/SAkdoMUEdOI/AAAAAAAABQE/paAfpBBGUoQ/s320/Linus_boxing_Lucy01.jpg
― ···◊··· (Pleasant Plains), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 04:43 (fourteen years ago) link
haha. exactly
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Yay! How many weeks are you now?
― Meg (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
18 and something wks. due date is now a toss up between oct 29, nov 1st and nov 2nd. Neither of my drs is willing to commit to any of those.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Tuesday, 2 June 2009 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG!!!!! Cld be same as Elisabeth! She was born 31st of October. :-))))
― I GOTTA BRAKE FREEEEE (stevienixed), Saturday, 6 June 2009 12:37 (fourteen years ago) link
halloween babies!!!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Saturday, 6 June 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
sinusitis while preggo = lame
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:17 (fourteen years ago) link
sinusitis while preggo in stupid unrelenting southern summer + 2 year old that doesnt sleep = lamer
any kid born on halloween is gonna be a wildcat when they grow up, btw
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Wednesday, 1 July 2009 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
trust me, the kid is already a wildcat now. :-)
SS, oh crappers, that's horrid. :-( hope it gets easier.
― Sookeh, I vant to suck your titties (stevienixed), Thursday, 2 July 2009 08:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Ah, I had sinusitis for about a month in this pregnancy too. Got antibiotics in the end, which sorted it in a couple of days.
― Meg (Meg Busset), Thursday, 2 July 2009 12:27 (fourteen years ago) link
woah just found out my brother's wife is pregnant with a boy due 2.5 months after Henry. weeee.
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Saturday, 18 July 2009 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Just noticed this thread - wife's due on Friday with our first. Exciting!
― nate woolls, Thursday, 23 July 2009 10:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Friday??? WOAH! Congrats. Is it your first?
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Thursday, 23 July 2009 14:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh you said it's your first. Duh!
― I wish I was the royal trux (sunny successor), Thursday, 23 July 2009 14:27 (fourteen years ago) link
hahaha Nate, see how absentminded we get once we pop out a kid. :-)
Congrats btw!
― Unregistered Googler (stevienixed), Friday, 24 July 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks SS & Stevie - still no sign!
― nate woolls, Monday, 27 July 2009 07:46 (fourteen years ago) link
How about now?
― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 31 July 2009 16:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Still nothing!
― nate woolls, Monday, 3 August 2009 15:25 (fourteen years ago) link
!!!!!
is there a plan to induce?
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 3 August 2009 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Well Sam worked her due date out as that Friday (24th), the hospital worked her due date out as Wednesday 29th. So by her reckoning she's 10 days over, by the hospital's she's 5 days over. She's got a midwife's appointment on Wednesday and I guess they'll decide then whether or not to induce.
― nate woolls, Monday, 3 August 2009 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
Both mine were 10 days over so I feel your wife's pain! We tried all the usual: curry/pineapple/raspberry leaf tea/walking/sex/nipple stimulation. In the end it was a sweep that really got things moving.
― Meg (Meg Busset), Monday, 3 August 2009 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
a little less than 3 months to go here. kid better not be overdue. this pregnancy has been so consistently painful and uncomfortable that i feel like im dying some kind of slow death. /whining
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 4 August 2009 18:21 (fourteen years ago) link
We tried all the usual: curry/pineapple/raspberry leaf tea/walking/sex/nipple stimulation.
Haha...I *did not know* about nipple stimulation!
We think curry did it for us.
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 20:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Damn sex was what got us into the situation in the first place. Not doing that again.
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 20:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Ever.
― Like most people my age, I am 33 (Laurel), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 20:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Walking kicked it all off for me I think - late night (i.e. leaving at 11.30pm) trip to IKEA wandering round the whole thing, contractions started 4 hours later.
― Vicky, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 21:08 (fourteen years ago) link
my mom dragged me around a mall for FIVE HOURS and it did nothing!
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 21:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Still nothing. Sam's getting fed up now. Getting induced tomorrow.
― nate woolls, Monday, 10 August 2009 07:48 (fourteen years ago) link
wow. best of luck!
― tehresa, Monday, 10 August 2009 07:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Right about now I guess! Fingers crossed for you.
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 10 August 2009 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
excitement!
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 10 August 2009 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Our first one was induced, but the induction didn't take until almost 36 hours later, so we had a "wonderful" three days in the hospital waiting, walking, waiting, arguing about walking and waiting,.... We had to stay because they broke her water manually, and so she was "technically" in labor I guess despite having basically no contractions for about 20 hours after being admitted. At that point she was nearly 2 weeks overdue, so things got tense re. c-section (doctors sorta wanted to do it, we strongly didn't). #2 was induced too but was easier; #3 just popped out as I guess #3s are wont to do.
― deep olives (Euler), Monday, 10 August 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
wheres that babby
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
i had a dream last night that i started getting contractions so my mom took me to the hospital where all of my extended family were hanging out and getting high with their friends. the contractions went away and everyone got mad at me for making them go to the hospital under false pretenses. as payback, on the drive home my mom dropped me off in some dark alley in a strange city where i had no idea where i was or how to get back to the hospital. THANKS, MOM.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
Little baby Woolls was born earlier today (12th August) at 11.40am!
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
yay! congrats!!!
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Thank you! Now the real hard work begins I guess.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:02 (fourteen years ago) link
hooray! well done!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:14 (fourteen years ago) link
― Vicky, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow! Congratulations!!
― Fetchboy, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 19:28 (fourteen years ago) link
About time! Good news! Congrats!
― Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 13 August 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations woolls family!
― Jaq, Thursday, 13 August 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations! What's the little one's name?
― ENBB, Thursday, 13 August 2009 19:56 (fourteen years ago) link
His name, after much deliberation, is Seth.
― nate woolls, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:59 (fourteen years ago) link
that's cute!
― tehresa, Thursday, 13 August 2009 21:14 (fourteen years ago) link
That's a lovely name!
― Meg (Meg Busset), Thursday, 13 August 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats to all the woollses!
― Hugh Manatee (WmC), Thursday, 13 August 2009 22:41 (fourteen years ago) link
saw the babby on a 27 y/o portable ultrasound today. hes in position and ready to go.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
:D You must be so excited.
― *:--☆--:*:--☆:*:--☆--:*:--☆--: (ENBB), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 03:16 (fourteen years ago) link
sorta. no cervical action, just like with beeps. got a feeling this one will be another inducement.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 03:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh right! Baby's due at the end of the month, right? PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let it be 31st of October. Same as Elisabeth
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Tuesday, 6 October 2009 13:26 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG dilated 1cm
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:54 (fourteen years ago) link
oh sunny<3<3<3
― estela, Monday, 12 October 2009 21:55 (fourteen years ago) link
im horrified. i was planning to be in denied until at least halloween.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:56 (fourteen years ago) link
denied = denial holy crap
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 12 October 2009 21:57 (fourteen years ago) link
denied my denial :( :( :(
!!!!!!!!
― tehresa, Monday, 12 October 2009 22:14 (fourteen years ago) link
i should point out im not in labor yet but its coming at me like a freight train.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 12 October 2009 22:42 (fourteen years ago) link
:D I hope everything goes as smoothly as possible once things really get started!
― *:--☆--:*:--☆:*:--☆--:*:--☆--: (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
october is the raddest month to be born
― Bobby Wo (max), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree
― steamed hams (harbl), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
― tehresa, Monday, October 12, 2009 5:14 PM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
― a perfect urkel (gbx), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Dilation updates please!
(Not really. GOOD LUCK!)
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 07:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Thinking of you Sunny!!!
― Meg (Meg Busset), Tuesday, 13 October 2009 18:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Sweet! Bring on babby!
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 October 2009 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
how is babby formed????
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 October 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah where is babby now?
― quincie, Thursday, 15 October 2009 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
babby is hanging in there. the way my doc was talking on monday i thought itd be all over by now.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Thursday, 15 October 2009 20:44 (fourteen years ago) link
you can stay minimally dilated for quite some time, though, right?
― tehresa, Thursday, 15 October 2009 21:59 (fourteen years ago) link
keep us posted on cervical action
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 October 2009 22:20 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i think the rapid effacement was more of the concern. xp
anything for you, mookieproof.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Thursday, 15 October 2009 23:43 (fourteen years ago) link
October peeps are the best. I know from (personal) experience: me and Elisabeth and Beeps MkII. :-)
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 16 October 2009 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
alright inducement tomorrow 10/20 YIKESS
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 19 October 2009 21:45 (fourteen years ago) link
omg!!good luck <3
― tehresa, Monday, 19 October 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
!! All the best!
― Meg (Meg Busset), Monday, 19 October 2009 21:47 (fourteen years ago) link
GOOD LUCK!!!!!
― harriet tubgirl (Curt1s Stephens), Monday, 19 October 2009 22:19 (fourteen years ago) link
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Monday, 19 October 2009 23:03 (fourteen years ago) link
!!!!!!!
― rad bandit (gbx), Monday, 19 October 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
a babby is maed
<3 to you and babby.
― estela, Monday, 19 October 2009 23:11 (fourteen years ago) link
go lil 10/20, go!
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 15:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Whoo-hoo!
― Michael Jones, Tuesday, 20 October 2009 21:24 (fourteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2503/4030708294_437ee68497.jpg
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. WELCOME HENRY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
Hope you're doing well Sunny. :D
<3<3<3 congratulations and welcome to you, henry martin baker!!
― estela, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:19 (fourteen years ago) link
baby
― Bobby Wo (max), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
cool name, great job!
― steamed hams (harbl), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats!
That is a proper-sized head for a boychild.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations Sunny and PP and Beeps! Welcome baby Henry, don't be concerned, it's quite nice here really!
― Jaq, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:33 (fourteen years ago) link
good work everyone, we are proud of u and happy also
― jergins, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:36 (fourteen years ago) link
internet baby
Thanks, you guys. Kid is cute as hell. When he cries he sounds like cats fighting.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 00:55 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 and also <3 that beeps is a big sister now.
― estela, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:00 (fourteen years ago) link
i always like photos of proud bossy looking older siblings with their arms around dubious looking babies.
― estela, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats to the whole fambly!
― WmC, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:02 (fourteen years ago) link
It's been an honor to witness The Bakers grow. Congratulations you guys.
I hope Henry's cries never stop sounding like fighting cats.
― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:15 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 you, iiiijjjj.
Thanks everyone :D
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2616/4030180291_82e0ee3ec3.jpg
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 01:55 (fourteen years ago) link
<3 <3 <3congrats!!!!!!!!
― tehresa, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
wow he really is way cute for a newborn. usually they look like little ETs!
congrats sunny <3
― DAN P3RRY MAD AT GRANDMA (just1n3), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
awwww-some!
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 04:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Looking calm and collected (with a hint of "i am not openiong my eyes yet you mf's let me sleep goddamnit - also where is food").
Felicitations to you all!
― Ned Trifle (Notinmyname), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats! Henry Baker is a cool name.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations sunny, PP, beeps and welcome Henry! He is adorable, loving the hair :)
― Archel, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 10:55 (fourteen years ago) link
:D :D :D
― ever dream some dude? (darraghmac), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 10:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow, what a lovely looking newborn! Brilliant, well done all concerned.
― Michael Jones, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:13 (fourteen years ago) link
Many congratulations! He is gorgeous!
― Meg (Meg Busset), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:55 (fourteen years ago) link
congratulations to PP and SS!!!
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:05 (fourteen years ago) link
:D
― how rad bandit (gbx), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:08 (fourteen years ago) link
This is FANTASTIC promotion for Sunny Successor and Pleasant Plains Appreciation Day on the Cape of Good Hope tomorrow!
Well done Sunny!
― "i find your antics mirthful and infectious" (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:11 (fourteen years ago) link
A REAL LIVE BOY!
Good job!
― I never saw the advantage of peeing while standing. (Upt0eleven), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Handsome little guy. : D
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 12:16 (fourteen years ago) link
He is so cute! What does Beeps have to say about the new addition?
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 13:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Aw, he's adorable. Congratulations!
― Nicolars (Nicole), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. :-))))))))
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:12 (fourteen years ago) link
OH YAY OH YAY OH YAY Beeps is going to be GREAT! And by "great" I mean, Henry has no idea what's in store for him....
Congratulations to you both, parents^2!!
― I would feel confident if I dated her because I am older than (Laurel), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:14 (fourteen years ago) link
Wecome babby (a good looking fellow indeed!) and congrats SS, PP, and beeps!
― quincie, Wednesday, 21 October 2009 20:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks y'alls
Henry is going 'YIP! YIP!' in his sleep right now.
Okay... One more photo because for a while there we thought he might never open his eyes and then he did:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2690/4033013691_ebd320ca8e_b.jpg
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Thursday, 22 October 2009 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
lookin a little skeptical!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 October 2009 02:17 (fourteen years ago) link
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so cute
― tehresa, Thursday, 22 October 2009 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh I love him! So cute.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Thursday, 22 October 2009 11:39 (fourteen years ago) link
How/why did you end up having a C-section (if I'm allowed to ask)?
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Thursday, 22 October 2009 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Well I was getting induced 2 weeks before the due date because I had some mild pre-eclampsia symptoms and my dr didn't see any point to risking it getting worse if Henry was already full-term. When we got there he got ready to break my water but after a quick check realized H was sitting really high and there was something next to his head. The concern was that it might be the umbilical cord and if he broke the water the umbilical cord would go out before Henry blocking off his oxygen. My doc gave us two options - induce and wait to see if he moved into place and that the object moved away from his head or go straight into a C-section. We went for the former. After an hour everyone was very suprised to find he had moved a down a little and that the umbilical cord was not coming out first ( no one expected anything to change until noon - 4 hours away). So the vaginal birth was on and my dr broke my water predicting a noon time birth. I held out on the epidural for a few hours but caved little after noon. Aftr some waiting we all realize the epidural didn't work. In all of this time I'm only 2 more cm dilated and Henry is still up really high and is showing no signs of moving. The dr and the anesthesiologist have a powwow and propose to us that the smartest thing to do at this point is go back to the c-section option because it's beginning to look like a 36+ hr labor which they don't feel good about in an already dodgy situation. By this point I'm ready to get this kid out so we say okay. In we go and 15 min later out comes H with the umbilical cord wrapped twice around his neck. It wasn't choking him because he was still up so high. Had we waited for him to drop it would have gotten very tight and who knows where we'd be right now. Phew.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Thursday, 22 October 2009 22:35 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG Sunny! What a story. I am so happy he came out happy 'n' healthy. <3 <3 <3
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 23 October 2009 13:11 (fourteen years ago) link
I was getting very tense reading your account even though I knew it ended well. So glad it's over!
― Michael Jones, Friday, 23 October 2009 13:23 (fourteen years ago) link
wwwwowww
way 2 go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 23 October 2009 14:35 (fourteen years ago) link
Congratulations! Hope you're all home soon and coping with being the parents of two!
― Vicky, Friday, 23 October 2009 18:55 (fourteen years ago) link
BTW I became an uncle this morning ^_^
― (oh PORRIDGE) (HI DERE), Sunday, 1 November 2009 16:35 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost hahaha Oh man. People warned me how much more work it'd be but I was totally naive about it. :-)
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 1 November 2009 18:27 (fourteen years ago) link
awww congrats, Dan!
Honestly the only problem we've had so far is when Beeps is in a tantrum and then Henry starts with the crying. That's only happened once though.
― Hillary had Everest in his veins (sunny successor), Thursday, 5 November 2009 16:27 (fourteen years ago) link
WHAT UP DUDES
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 14 January 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
congrats my dude
― max, Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
congrats!
― tehresa, Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Dude, yes!
― Kylie is a vacant Phifer (kingkongvsgodzilla), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
congratulations, congratulations
― that sex version of "blue thunder." (Mr. Que), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
oh wow! congrats!
― DAN P3RRY MAD AT GRANDMA (just1n3), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:04 (fourteen years ago) link
wow! congrats to both of you!
― quincie, Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:22 (fourteen years ago) link
wooooooo (i already expressed my woooooo elsewhere but gotta represent on all fronts)
― figgy pudding (La Lechera), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Cool news, congratulations!
― wanna be shartin' somethin' (WmC), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:29 (fourteen years ago) link
http://timnovate.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/junior.jpg
― A™ machine (sic) (omar little), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks all. exciting times.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 14 January 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Saturday, 16 January 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
^_______^
congratulations!
whoa, awesome.
Glad for you two!
― t0dd swiss, Saturday, 16 January 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
hey awesome!
― mookieproof, Saturday, 16 January 2010 18:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Woooooooooooooooooo.
― Body Butter (a hoy hoy), Saturday, 16 January 2010 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Congrats dude! :-)))) Having babies is the bestest thing in the fucking world. :-)
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Sunday, 17 January 2010 12:59 (fourteen years ago) link
It makes me sad: I wish I could have more babies. I mean, I could, but I think we'll stick to two. Which saddens me in a way. Ah well.
wait, omg congratulations to you guys!!!
― horseshoe, Sunday, 17 January 2010 21:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Wooooooo!
:)
― chicken sandwich CARL!! (Z S), Sunday, 17 January 2010 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
thanks to all the bros and bro-ettes for their hearty congrats
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 18 January 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link
srsly dude so pumped about this
― everybody's into weirdness right now (gbx), Monday, 18 January 2010 17:51 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^will personally deliver babby
― quincie, Monday, 18 January 2010 20:39 (fourteen years ago) link
bit late to the party, but congratulations!
― Vicky, Thursday, 21 January 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
when is the due date?? are you going to find out the sex? how is the pregnancy going? puking? nightmares? or happy glowing times???
― no more springs no more summers no more falls (sunny successor), Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
Sunny I saw you updated this and was all, "OMG, another one??" lol.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:10 (fourteen years ago) link
― Daniel, Esq., Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:11 (fourteen years ago) link
haha, E. I wish! No more for us. I got a stupid disease called Adenomyosis (sp?) from the last minute c-section w/ Henry and now ive got to have a hysterectomy in 2 weeks from today :( So lame.
― no more springs no more summers no more falls (sunny successor), Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh Sunny I'm sorry to hear that. Just looked it up - sounds pretty damn painful! Hope everything goes well with the op and that your recovery is quick and smooth.
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks. They say its a 2 week recovery. Weird thing is the recovery period ends on Beeps 3rd birthday. Its like some perfect life circle or something.
― no more springs no more summers no more falls (sunny successor), Thursday, 4 February 2010 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
hi Sunny! Due date is July 26. We are going to find out the gender but it's still too early (we're at 15 weeks now). Sarah had really bad day-long morning sickness (no puking but lots of general nausea and not being able to think of foods she wanted to eat) for a few weeks near the end of the first trimester; she actually lost a little weight between her first and second appointments. But that is almost all gone now and now she's mainly just tired and hungry all the time. Lots of crazy hectic life stuff going on in addition to the pregnancy but the baby seems to be coming along nicely.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 4 February 2010 13:38 (fourteen years ago) link
Ahhhhhh!!! So Mrs. Kongvsgodzilla just had a positive pregnancy test and now she's running around telling everyone in town before I even have a chance to process the news and now my 5-year-old wants to know how the baby got inside of mommy's belly!!!! Ahhhhhh!!!
But overjoyed, really. : )
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Thursday, 18 February 2010 12:47 (fourteen years ago) link
hurrah!
― Vicky, Thursday, 18 February 2010 14:46 (fourteen years ago) link
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Thursday, 18 February 2010 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Awww so many yays!!! for n/a and kkvsg
― no more springs no more summers no more falls (sunny successor), Thursday, 18 February 2010 20:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Ow Sunny. Wish I could hug you. :-( That sounds awful. :-((((( Huggggggssss.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Friday, 19 February 2010 08:35 (fourteen years ago) link
lol heres hoping for a kingkong instead of a godzilla (cuter, likes the ladies and buildings so will become an architect.)
― 80085 (a hoy hoy), Friday, 19 February 2010 08:42 (fourteen years ago) link
My wife was appalled to learn that I have not announced the impending birthing of our son on or abouts November 2nd. So now I have!
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
golly gee, congratulations! Are you gonna name him Magnar Thorklesson? That would be a great name.
― ampersand (remy bean), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 23:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Putting that name on the list definitely, but wife has final veto power.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 23:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Btw we got a free Pottery Barn drop-side crib this weekend. Eek! Kid products are terrifying!
http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/07/14/pottery-barn-cribs-recall-drop-side-cribs-to-be-banned/
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 14 July 2010 23:41 (thirteen years ago) link
congrats, alexSF!! keep us updated. maybe he'll be a Halloween baby!
― post class A nasal drip (sunny successor), Thursday, 15 July 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
also...yeah stay away from those side drop cribs. scary stuff.
― post class A nasal drip (sunny successor), Thursday, 15 July 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Back once again with the ill behaviour. Due next April.
― Stevie T, Friday, 17 September 2010 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
― windmeup (kkvgz), Friday, 17 September 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 17 September 2010 14:10 (thirteen years ago) link
:-)
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Friday, 17 September 2010 14:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i suppose that i'll check in here too, as only the ilxors via facebook know that Zac (Mr Noodles) and i are expecting a second (and likely last) kiddo about two months from now. Julia (born in 2007) is going to have a baby brother. i'm currently way huge and i feel like crap! yay!
― Kim, Friday, 17 September 2010 14:48 (thirteen years ago) link
congrats all
― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 17 September 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
Stevie and Kim WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CONGRATS HOMIES
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 September 2010 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
12 weeks knocked up with 2.0 aka Twiglet, due 9th June. Blimey!
― Vicky, Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
YAY VICKY BABY
― wheezy f baby (a hoy hoy), Thursday, 25 November 2010 10:59 (thirteen years ago) link
:) :) :)
― Meg (Meg Busset), Thursday, 25 November 2010 20:28 (thirteen years ago) link
hai guys is this board indexed lol
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 3 June 2011 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
That can be dealt with, and big ups to you and yours aero!
― what made my hamburger disappear (WmC), Friday, 3 June 2011 12:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.acreswaycats.com/Congratulations%205.gifhttp://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb210/hebnem/congratulations-1.jpghttp://www.acreswaycats.com/Congratulations%205.gif
― http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WhiteAmericanFolks.jpg (nakhchivan), Friday, 3 June 2011 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
Yay! Congratulations!!
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:08 (twelve years ago) link
Wow congrats john!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:24 (twelve years ago) link
been keeping it under wraps because I prefer not to talk about real life stuff @ work & it's a work-intensive spring & summer, but yeah...August! sooooo stoked
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
the first diaper is the hardest
until the first diaper after they eat a whole bowl of pickled onions at a restaurant
― what made my hamburger disappear (WmC), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
OMG AUGUST!? That's so soon!
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:32 (twelve years ago) link
do you know the sex?
― \(^o\) (/o^)/ (ENBB), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
xp I know! I can keep a secret when I have to! Mrs Whitford however is at the point where to keep this secret she'd have to make up some pretty outrageous stories tho! you guys I know everybody hates the pregnancy-is-mystical dude but I gotta tell you I am at a place where I wanna sculpt & worship terracotta figurines of my wife, it's so fuckin BOSS.
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
that middle-trimester sex drive YEAHHHHH
at least in our experience
― what made my hamburger disappear (WmC), Friday, 3 June 2011 13:37 (twelve years ago) link
congrats :)
― call all destroyer, Friday, 3 June 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
― tehresa, Friday, 3 June 2011 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
oh boy, congrats! (or, oh girl, congrats!)
― remy bean, Friday, 3 June 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
!
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Friday, 3 June 2011 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
congratulations whitfords!
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Friday, 3 June 2011 16:15 (twelve years ago) link
weeee! congrats!!!
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Sunday, 5 June 2011 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
:) so happy for you aero
― Z S, Sunday, 5 June 2011 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
omg so many congrats!
― free inappropriate education (Abbbottt), Sunday, 5 June 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
:D congratulations! plus also your <3 for mrs whitford is beautiful to behold.
― estela, Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:12 (twelve years ago) link
o man welcome to the club dude
congrats and I hope you are jamming "new mama" on the regular
― no serenade no fire brigade just a trypophobia (Edward III), Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:18 (twelve years ago) link
congratulations
babies are great
diapers aren't that bad
― congratulations (n/a), Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:29 (twelve years ago) link
I have a little bit of an advantage in having changed a whoooole lot diapers back in my hospital-working days, from babies to brain-injury patients to the elderly - I fear no diaper
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
do you own a Bristol stool chart y/n
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
fear not of man diapers because man must die babies must poop
― cop a cute abdomen (gbx), Sunday, 5 June 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
Each diaper is a new surprise. Henry pooped four times yesterday morning, each bigger than the last. Still, it beats his recent trick of pooping so much it bursts out of the top and bottom of his diaper and then he either crawls on you or wipes his booty against a wall or rolls all over the coffee table. boys.
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Sunday, 5 June 2011 08:53 (twelve years ago) link
tell henry i said tsk.
― estela, Sunday, 5 June 2011 09:23 (twelve years ago) link
xpostThat's also a good trick to get out of long meetings
― Z S, Sunday, 5 June 2011 13:11 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit, congrats aero!
― markers, Sunday, 5 June 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
<3 aerocub
― dayo, Sunday, 5 June 2011 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
NSFW but oh so true:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqRh9IToskA
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Monday, 6 June 2011 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
estela i will do just that
WAIT
Isnt this NOW. Like RIGHT NOW.
― Vicky, Thursday, November 25, 2010 4:58 AM (6 months ago) Bookmark
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
Also I was looking on amazon for looking for pull apart brain models for Beeps to learn from and eventually fulfill my dream to be a neuroscientist (because thats what kids are for right?) When I found this little gem:
http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5254/dnay.jpg
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Thursday, 9 June 2011 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
It is! Overdue in fact, the scan brought due date forward two days. Not feeling very imminent though, feeling far too good to be going into labour in the near future!
Congrats aero!
― Vicky, Thursday, 9 June 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
yay! so excited for you!
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Thursday, 9 June 2011 19:25 (twelve years ago) link
huzzah. babies are pure magic.
― tylerw, Friday, 10 June 2011 15:11 (twelve years ago) link
have an awesome birth Vicky wow!!
― brad whitford, witchfynder general (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 10 June 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link
twins, 40 wks will be late October, but all the pros say it'll be more like late September.
― like working at a jewelry store and not knowing about bracelets (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
hey, congrats on superbabies! careful when they start picking up the furniture
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
With our first, the monochild, I was mildly envious of my wife's magical ability to gestate a human life from withing. But now, I get down on my knees every day and thank the universe for making me a dude.
― like working at a jewelry store and not knowing about bracelets (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:44 (twelve years ago) link
home from work for the foreseeable, ready for the big day within the next few weeks, so many awesome emotions!
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
get lots of rest, luxuriate in sleep, and enjoy one another's company
― like working at a jewelry store and not knowing about bracelets (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:58 (twelve years ago) link
congrats all! so in love with my kids; my five year old now speaks in outrageous accents of indeterminable ethnicity just like her daddy & it pleases me very much.
― Euler, Sunday, 7 August 2011 02:14 (twelve years ago) link
having riotously funny dreams in what's supposed to be the last week before the blessèd event. last night dreamt that we were having a girl (we're not) and that my wife had her heart set on naming her "Instahoof"
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
Can't stop giggling at "Instahoof."
― ilx poster and keen dairy observer (Jenny), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
neither can I it has been making me lol all day!
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
had no idea a little aerosmith jr was on the way! congrats!!
― satisfying punishment for that thing he said about lesbians (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
Li'l Smitty
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
<3 instahoof
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 August 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
evidently up in Virginia the oncoming hurricane is serious enough that they're telling pregnant women to come into the hospital ahead of it - will Instahoof Smith enter this world in a fury of whipping rain? stay tuned 'hoofers
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
good luck dude/your wife/little dude!
― frogsb (k3vin k.), Thursday, 25 August 2011 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
born in a cross-fire hurricane!
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Thursday, 25 August 2011 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
I was born on the back seat of a MustangIn a cold night, it was a hard rain
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Thursday, 25 August 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
whoa holy shit congrats aero, i was also unaware!
instahoof is killing me btw
― dougie instructor (jjjusten), Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
INSTAHOOF
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:01 (twelve years ago) link
Hoofster Babbies
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw my son is convinced that baby #2 will be named "ahftikah"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:02 (twelve years ago) link
https://twitter.com/#!/Aftika_Dara
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
#2!! :D
― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
Instahoof sounds like horse-foot caulk.
― come back to the five and dime remy bean, (remy bean), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
It's kind of growing on me tbh.
― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
Yes #2 is due to arrive in... three weeks! No idea what gender. "Aftika" is going to be a hard row to hoe for a boy, but it'll build character
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:13 (twelve years ago) link
Aftikah Maksud nama tiada di dalam rekod. Apa ada pada 'AFTIKAH' ?
AFTIKAHA AmanahF FleksibelT TulusI IkhlasK KomitedA AlimH Harum
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
3 weeks, damn! I totally missed that. Congratulations. Awww I bet it's got to be pretty cute watching #1 wait for the impending arrival.
― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
man if i was born amid a hurricane i would find a way to mention it in most sentences. "you want five copies of this made?, double-sided print? no problem - no problem because i was born in a hurricane".
godspeed!, anyway
― (Chris Isaak Cover) (schlump), Friday, 26 August 2011 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
no longer knocked up
oh my God today is a beautiful day you guys
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
congrats!!!!
― frogsb (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
the artist formerly known as Instahoof is sleeping so peacefully & I am floating, everybody. man oh man.
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:51 (twelve years ago) link
does instahoof have an alias? are you at the hospital? how is your wife?
― frogsb (k3vin k.), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
AERO, CONGRATULATIONS, MAN!!!
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
whoa I had no idea, congrats aero!
― iatee, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
awesome dude congrats
― mookieproof, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:53 (twelve years ago) link
Welcome to the world, little Instahoof! And congratulations to your mom and dad!
― Jaq, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
congrats, big man!!!!
― (gr8080), Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:54 (twelve years ago) link
rock on!
― Euler, Saturday, 27 August 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
Congrats to you all!
― L.P. Hovercraft (WmC), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
Instahoof! Yes! Congratulations and I hope your wife is doing well, too!
― pullapartsquirrel (Jenny), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
<3instahoof, congratulations family!!
― estela, Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:47 (twelve years ago) link
HAPPY BIRTHDAY INSTAHOOF!
― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
instahoof for head hoofster, congrats!!
― IT IS EXECUTION (Z S), Saturday, 27 August 2011 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
man if i was born amid a hurricane i would find a way to mention it in most sentences. "you want five copies of this made?, double-sided print? no problem - no problem because i was born in a hurricane".godspeed!, anyway― (Chris Isaak Cover) (schlump), Friday, August 26, 2011 5:17 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― (Chris Isaak Cover) (schlump), Friday, August 26, 2011 5:17 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol can't stop thinking abt this post
― (gr8080), Saturday, 27 August 2011 04:07 (twelve years ago) link
O_O
Aero, I had...no...fucking...clue about this blessed event. Gotta read this subboard more often. Congratulations to the three of you.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 27 August 2011 04:28 (twelve years ago) link
holy moley, congratulations!!
― FLIP FLOPPING HILL BILLY! (reddening), Saturday, 27 August 2011 08:07 (twelve years ago) link
i swear 2 god i had a dream about aero having a baby a few days ago
― (gr8080), Saturday, 27 August 2011 08:20 (twelve years ago) link
wow, a thousand welcomes to Instahoof!
― bethnal green and baudrillard (c sharp major), Saturday, 27 August 2011 08:25 (twelve years ago) link
― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Saturday, 27 August 2011 04:51 (5 hours ago) Bookmark
― (Chris Isaak Cover) (schlump), Saturday, 27 August 2011 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
kisses, dude. also thx for someone else to pay for our Social Security.
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 27 August 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
Congrats AERO and Ms. AERO! Hail Instahoof! <3
― Vaginalogue Bubblebath (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 27 August 2011 10:39 (twelve years ago) link
― the ascent of nyan (a passing spacecadet), Saturday, 27 August 2011 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
yay congratulations!
― horseshoe, Saturday, 27 August 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
GOD SPEED SWEET 'SMITH FAM
― Frogbs (Pray Like Aretha Franklin (in Whiteface)) (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 27 August 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9905/felicitation11.gif
― diouf est le papa du foot galsen merde lè haters (nakhchivan), Saturday, 27 August 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
― congratulations (n/a), Saturday, 27 August 2011 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
Well done all concerned!
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 27 August 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
hooray for instahoof!
― tehresa, Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
Ohhhhhhhh shit congrats dude
― dougie instructor (jjjusten), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
RADBABY TIMES 2 U
― davon cuul II (m bison), Saturday, 27 August 2011 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
way to go!Tracer, that's awesome.
― like working at a jewelry store and not knowing about bracelets (Dr. Superman), Saturday, 27 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.celluloidheroreviews.com/images/dog_day_afternoon.jpgAhftikah! Ahftikah!
man if i was born amid a hurricane i would find a way to mention it in most sentences. "you want five copies of this made?, double-sided print? no problem - no problem because i was born in a hurricane".godspeed!, anyway― (Chris Isaak Cover) (schlump), Friday, August 26, 2011 5:17 AM (12 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinklol can't stop thinking abt this post― (gr8080), Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:07 AM (14 hours ago)
― (gr8080), Saturday, August 27, 2011 12:07 AM (14 hours ago)
Anyway, kudos and congrats all round.
― Don't ask for the steening, ask for the HOOS (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 August 2011 19:07 (twelve years ago) link
WOOOOOO HOOOOOO
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 27 August 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
Woah!!!! Congrats!!
― Serial Chiller (sunny successor), Saturday, 27 August 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
Oh well done!
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 27 August 2011 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
Congratulations!!!!
― tokyo rosemary, Sunday, 28 August 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
Welcome to Instahoof Irene Tyler!
― kate78, Sunday, 28 August 2011 17:25 (twelve years ago) link
btw for my last post on the knocked up rollcall thread I wanna say that all the insane intense you-can't-know-til-you-know shit ppl throw down about the blessed event are, for me, true - that while I don't doubt that a wordy motherfucker like me could find the words to describe the emotions in me today, the pure intensity of it sort of occludes the desire to actually do it. because I'm typing this while my son sleeps with his head on his mother's belly. that's what it is, you know? it's that level of gary-snyder-in-his-groove simple depth, that view-of-a-mountain huge. completely in love with this little guy, can't even start to talk about it without crying yet.
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 28 August 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
oh man wow! congratulations!
― kkvgz, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
congrats on well formed babby!
― quincie, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 17:12 (twelve years ago) link
congrats, aero!
― markers, Tuesday, 30 August 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
So no one has been pregnant since 2008? I am 12 weeks today. I started mood swings at 8 weeks but approaching 12 weeks... those mood swings were small thunderstorms compared to the tsunamis I am getting now.
I will be going through the day happy and excited and then out of nowhere get hit with semi-anxious, overwhelming sadness. There is no reason for it and I find trouble when I start giving it a reason or searching for a source. If it is hormonal, it has no reason other than hormones raging.
I have never experienced chemical depression or ever had PMS that compares to something like this. I am not in the habit of feeling sad and depressed without a solid reason and I guess I am not grasping the hormone thing. I never bought the hormone thing and scoffed at anyone who used it as a reason for anything. I loathed it when girls said their PMS made them do it. While PMS made me feel low sometimes, I could always control my thoughts and emotions. Can hormones alone can make me feel like my world in caving in on itself? I usually find solutions to my problems but now I feel crazy.
When I am hit with this semi-anxious sad feeling the tears start flowing and it's hard to even get out and try and take a walk to take my mind off it. I can't top crying. I tried exercising which always makes me feel great but then it exhausts me and feeling tired seems to be a trigger, not eating as soon as I crave something is another. Although sleeping and eating don't always prevent them or cure them, helps decrease their intensity somewhat.
Yesterday I woke up feeling great. Had a dip in mood so decided to sleep it off. Took a nap. I was awake 3 hours straight, worked out, had a snack, felt great but was extremely sleepy again. This is the sort of drowsiness I only previously experienced going into and coming out of anesthesia. It is really intense.
After a second, shorter nap, I woke up, ate dinner with my boyfriend and was fine for about an hour then had a drop in my mood. Unfortunately, my boyfriend was home and was quickly devoured by my tsunami of anxiety and depression. A question led to a conversation that led to a discussion that escalated and now things there are weird. We woke up this morning in separate beds.
This is my first pregnancy and his as well. I don't think I am able to articulate my frame of mind accurately to him, don't understand this hormone thing. I am happy about pregnancy but at the same time I am shocked with what I find myself experiencing. Having been a person who was previously in control and now finding myself unable to control things going on inside and with my body. It doesn't feel normal to feel so out of control, to have mood swings and these sleeping fits. I see Rosemary's Baby in an entirely different way now. It is a scarier movie than I thought, I get it now.
Is there anybody out there, who knows what this out of control feeling is all about? How to keep things in perspective so that you don't wind up taking a Greyhound to Nowheresville only to get there and mood swing back into a what have I done moment?
― *tera, Thursday, 6 October 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Sorry for that first sentence, this was previously posted on another board.
― *tera, Thursday, 6 October 2011 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
i am not a lady but based on my wife's experience, hormones can do some crazy shit in pregnant ladies. for her, things evened out in the second trimester and she was a lot more energetic/cheerful.
― congratulations (n/a), Thursday, 6 October 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
have you talked to yr OB about this?
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Thursday, 6 October 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
Congratulations, *tera! Can't help with the hormones though.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 6 October 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
I will next week at my visit for sure. It is just that books and sometimes doctors are very generalized and each pregnancy is different. This is why I wanted to hear more personal experiences.
I just happened to meet a woman this evening and we started talking and she mentioned that she had it for nine months straight but never suffered from post-partum. She also mentioned the fatigue being overwhelming and said she spent the entire pregnancy in bed, she loved her bed, just wanted to be in bed. Her advice was to give in to it. It did make me feel better to hear a mother of three describe things I have been experiencing.
― *tera, Friday, 7 October 2011 01:18 (twelve years ago) link
Twins this morning, boy okay-sized, but spending the night in NICU to get his blood sugar up, girl gigantic (for a twin) currently sleeping on my chest like a pro.
― like working at a jewelry store and not knowing about bracelets (Dr. Superman), Sunday, 9 October 2011 05:29 (twelve years ago) link
congrats! I became a big brother 28 years ago yesterday when my brother and sister were born. they've had the most awesome bond their whole lives.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Sunday, 9 October 2011 05:42 (twelve years ago) link
congrats dr. superman!!!
― wrestlingisreal420 (crüt), Sunday, 9 October 2011 05:51 (twelve years ago) link
^
― markers, Sunday, 9 October 2011 05:53 (twelve years ago) link
Congrats to the wholehttp://www.dccomics.com/media/product/8/7/8758_400x600.jpg!
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Sunday, 9 October 2011 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
― rustic italian flatbread, Sunday, 9 October 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
congrats! don't throw jimmy olsen out though, wtf?
― honest weights, square dealings (schlump), Sunday, 9 October 2011 14:38 (twelve years ago) link
― tehresa, Sunday, 9 October 2011 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
Awwwwwwww congratulations!!!!!
― *tera, Sunday, 9 October 2011 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Congrats with superbaby!
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Sunday, 9 October 2011 17:03 (twelve years ago) link
Congrats!!!
http://rakidshare.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dora-super-babies.jpg
― I just got back from a dream attack (sunny successor), Monday, 10 October 2011 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
Heyo
― the choogler and the chosen one (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/45/RabbitTestEnglishDVD.jpg
― Romney's Kitchen Nightmares (WmC), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:05 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrtqv90oXE
― the choogler and the chosen one (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
Congrats, dude.
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:14 (eleven years ago) link
Whoa
Way to go, Shakey Mo!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:15 (eleven years ago) link
should be findin out the gender on Wednesday... this will be a 5-year age difference between children, which is a little wider than most parents I know, but on the other hand I think I will appreciate having to deal with only one set of diapers at a time.
― the choogler and the chosen one (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
Congrats Shakey!
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
^^!
― , Blogger (schlump), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
*clap* *clap* *clap*
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 13 August 2012 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
yay shakey!your wife must be a week or so behind mine, we just found the sex
― electric point-electric counterpoint (m bison), Monday, 13 August 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
Good job, Shakey!
― 47 minutes, 7 seconds and 4 frames (sunny successor), Monday, 13 August 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
it was a lot of hard work on my part, lemme tell ya
― the choogler and the chosen one (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 August 2012 17:10 (eleven years ago) link
Congrats, shakey
― just1n3, Monday, 13 August 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
I'm almost a decade younger than my older bro; it can be done. congrats
― Lee626, Monday, 13 August 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
― the choogler and the chosen one (Shakey Mo Collier)
http://www.bundyology.com/bal2.jpg
― omar little, Monday, 13 August 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit! congratulations man!
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 13 August 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
― spanky hotel frogstrot (how's life), Monday, 13 August 2012 20:14 (eleven years ago) link
"hard" work
I Love People Making
― Euler, Monday, 13 August 2012 20:39 (eleven years ago) link
shakey I have 3 siblings which are older than me by significant gaps - 6yrs, 18yrs and 20yrs - and its just fine
― 47 minutes, 7 seconds and 4 frames (sunny successor), Monday, 13 August 2012 21:01 (eleven years ago) link
congrats to the SMColliers and the mbisons!
― Jaq, Monday, 13 August 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
Yay shakey!!!
― quincie, Tuesday, 14 August 2012 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
congratulations m bison and shakey mo
― baking (soda), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:17 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, congrats to the mbisons as well!
― Romney's Kitchen Nightmares (WmC), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
wife is freaking out about this alleged 1% chance our baby has of having Down's Syndrome. Sorta pissed at the doctors right now. We did the 15 wk ultrasound today and they said the fact that the fetus has a big head in proportion to its arms and legs is a "soft marker" that increases risk of Down's Syndrome to between 0.5% and 1%. There are no other indications that the baby is at risk for Down's Syndrome.
My daughter and myself both have big heads (my daughter was born with her head measuring in the 99the percentile, for ex, but the rest of her was in the median range) - a fact the Kaiser doctors were unaware of because my daughter was delivered via a different healthcare provider and they don't have her records yet blah blah blah. So, to me, I see this big head thing - combined with the lack of any other markers - and I think "eh, odds are in our favor the baby is fine". My wife, however, who is of "the glass is half empty and probably poisoned as well" variety is now totally losing it, debating whether to get an amniocentesis and possibly terminate the pregnancy if the baby has Down's Syndrome (which she says is her "worst nightmare" even tho I personally can think of a million other much worse scenarios).
while I, for my part, nurse the suspicion that the math behind this is pretty fucking convoluted and made-up, and that it's also in Kaiser's interest to both minimize their liability by reporting any statistical anamolies as well as take advantage of people who have zero tolerance for any statistical risk at all and will thus sign up for whatever procedure is available, thus making Kaiser more money.... the counselor tried to reassure us that a 1% risk is still really low, that they just want us to be aware of our options etc but, cognizant of the amount of emotional stress this was going to generate in my wife, I sort of wanted to punch her in the face for even raising this outcome as a possibility
― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:30 (eleven years ago) link
counselor also pointed out that recently the doctors had been sending her more and more of these "soft marker" sort of findings ("just to be safe" and the vast majority of the time "everything's fine") which just made me more skeptical/angry
― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
aww man my heart goes out to you just for the stress. we did every check along the way, the nuchal translucency and all that, and it's scary stuff. 1% really is extremely low, and when you say your daughter has a big head that to me says you make big head babies. I myself am the dad of a big head baby! Hope this stress reduces soon.
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
thx just needed to vent.
feel like this would have been handled differently if we had a single physician that we consistently saw, rather than the constantly rotating cast of techs + doctors at Kaiser
― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
my son and i have big heads. perhaps your wife can take solace in the fact that your children have a sweet brain reserve:
http://healthland.time.com/2010/07/12/what-does-head-size-have-to-do-with-alzheimers/
― 47 minutes, 7 seconds and 4 frames (sunny successor), Wednesday, 15 August 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
opting not to get the amnio. a 1.25% risk of DS (which imho is probably actually even lower) is just not worth it, and neither my wife nor myself could bring ourselves to terminate a pregnancy at 21 weeks, which just seems crazy. so it's not like an amnio would provide us with any useful information. I'm just gonna hope for/assume the best and put this out of my mind. fuckin doctors.
― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 August 2012 16:26 (eleven years ago) link
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Colliers and Bisons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The nuchal screening was all I agreed to and it was done at 14 weeks and that was already too late to really get results. It is supposed to be done at 12 weeks. I never got the other tests and they were really pushing them on me because I was over 35. I asked a lot of questions, read as much as I could and the bottom line was that most of the testing is inconclusive. I didn't see the point if screenings etc...were inconclusive. I didn't want to risk an amnio, wasn't going to terminate the pregnancy if something seemed off so I really just had to stand my ground. A doctor and nurse at the nuchal fed me two scary stories about what happened to two other couples. They were blocking the door, standing there feeding me stats. I finally told them I don't have insurance and it was like they vanished into thin air. The tech told me the baby's movement was completely normal and not to worry about it.
So there is a 99% or more chance the baby does not have Downs.
― *tera, Friday, 17 August 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the over 35 thing... I am wondering if my daughter's huge head was not flagged as a "soft marker" at the time because my wife was under 35 when we had her. the math and statistics with all this stuff is so hand-wavy and vague... and then I don't trust Kaiser's motives at all ("we scared you into taking another, potentially unnecessary but JUST TO BE SURE, procedure!" = $$$)
― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 August 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
See....
― *tera, Saturday, 18 August 2012 01:24 (eleven years ago) link
ughhh maybe this is the appropriate thread to vent about our awful experience right now.
so at our first visit to the OB, my wife's blood pressure was v high. the med assistant pipes in "so you have chronic high blood pressure?" a: no, this is the first time this has ever happened. next visit, normal BP, but some sugar in the urine, leads same med assist to ask "so you are diabetic?" a: no. my wife then has to do a glucose test at our next visit. one flat orange medical soda later, no preexisting diabetes. but BP is high again.
we get a BP monitor to use at home and my wife's BP is always normal fine (110 to 115 over 60 to 70). it looks like a case of white coat hypertension induced by the anxiety of being at the doctor and fearing that something is wrong. we have a couple more visits in which my wife's BP is high everytime (always accompanied by aforementioned med asst saying "it's HIGH" in a very told ya so manner). our OB appeared open to the white coat hypothesis, but referred us to a specialist anyway. she insisted it would be a onetime consult if everything was it appears.
we go to the specialist and her BP is high again. nurse practitioner basically says we need to start seeing them weekly, condescending to us the entire time and completely breezing past our mountains of evidence of normal BP at home or in non-clinical settings and treating us as if (a) we don't know anything and (b) that my wife is some paragon of bad judgment and poor health. "this is for the health of the baby", really? no kidding, I've been laboring under the delusion that my child's health is unimportant, this is giving me something to think about hm hm FUCK off.
same visit, BP taken again after some time to chill. lower, but still high. second ultrasound in as many weeks reveals everything is fine with the baby which is exactly what we knew last week. BP taken a third time. normal. the actual doctor starts to backpedal a little realizing my wife is not chronically hypertensive which is what we've been saying for weeks. so maybe we don't need to come in every week, apparently, but she'd rly like us to come in every month or so. so my wife can collect her piss in a sunny D jug for 24 hours and have you tell us...that everything is fine?
― blue öyster crüt (m bison), Monday, 20 August 2012 01:53 (eleven years ago) link
god that's long
tldr version: motherfucking doctors can't listen for shit if that information gets in the way of billable services
― blue öyster crüt (m bison), Monday, 20 August 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
ugh that sucks
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 August 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
btw my son is growing a little ahead of schedule and his heartbeat is normal. if we had never sought medical attention this entire time, we would be in the exact same position we are in now only without the stress and more ca$hed out.
― blue öyster crüt (m bison), Monday, 20 August 2012 01:57 (eleven years ago) link
that's awful. like it really makes me mad. also as a non-pregnant person i want to go to a doctor soon (i don't have one) but i have doctor anxiety and this kind of thing is why, thanks.
― kneel aurmstrong (harbl), Monday, 20 August 2012 02:00 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's completely unacceptable
― horseshoe, Monday, 20 August 2012 03:11 (eleven years ago) link
to compound things, if we wanted to switch OBs now, it'd more difficult bc my wife has been labeled a "high risk" pregnancy which many doctors will not take at this pt.
― Farrah Abraham had many songs/ many songs had Farrah Abraham (m bison), Monday, 20 August 2012 10:35 (eleven years ago) link
I've been laboring under the delusion that my child's health is unimportant, this is giving me something to think about hm hm
I lol'd
― Shameful Dead Half Choogle (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 20 August 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
High risk because of the blood pressure thing?
― *tera, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
yes, and judged solely by her clinical BP results
― Farrah Abraham had many songs/ many songs had Farrah Abraham (m bison), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
'Sup.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
Nice...welcome to the club!
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
What?????
― Jeff, Monday, 12 August 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
lol
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:34 (ten years ago) link
HUH
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 15:37 (ten years ago) link
duh
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:40 (ten years ago) link
Congrats and bestest wish!
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:42 (ten years ago) link
Thank you! It is v. exciting.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:43 (ten years ago) link
FOR REALSIES?? xp Could not possibly happen to a nicer person(s).
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
For real! Thank you! That is a nice thing to say!
Oh - Due December 24. We've been sitting on the announcement pending the ultrasound where they make sure everything is extant and in the expected places, which I had this morning.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:47 (ten years ago) link
N/a otm and also yaaaaaaaaay
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 12 August 2013 15:54 (ten years ago) link
OMG SO EXCITING! Congrats, you will be one hell of a mama. I hope it is a giiiiiirl
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
I was being reasonable, really I just want to post "EEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeee!!!!!!" for the rest of the day.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Monday, 12 August 2013 16:05 (ten years ago) link
awesome :D
― failed skirty tropes (Noodle Vague), Monday, 12 August 2013 16:07 (ten years ago) link
can ILX name it, please? I can start a poll.
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 16:12 (ten years ago) link
We haven't settled on a name so I guess we're open to suggestions.
Welcome little Suggest Ban Agatha!
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Nedwina Winkyface Agatha
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Monday, 12 August 2013 16:17 (ten years ago) link
Aw!
― how's life, Monday, 12 August 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
!!!!! Congrats !!!!!
― just1n3, Monday, 12 August 2013 16:24 (ten years ago) link
SHUT THE FRONT DOOR
zomg this is so awesome!!!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
please to name yr babby balmstain
Luscious Seduction Balmstain Agatha
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 12 August 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
oh damn! congratulations
― joygoat, Monday, 12 August 2013 16:48 (ten years ago) link
Thanks, jg. <3
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
congrats on your preliminary admission to the club*******sucka :)
― HOOS next aka won't get steened again (Hurting 2), Monday, 12 August 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
― Jeff, Monday, August 12, 2013 10:33 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
― what does ;_; mean in remorse code (m bison), Monday, 12 August 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
lol @ jeff
― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Monday, 12 August 2013 17:59 (ten years ago) link
I am still giggling at that.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
― *tera, Monday, 12 August 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
Is it totally bizarro being preggo y/n
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link
quincie that still isn't spanish
congrats carl
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Monday, 12 August 2013 19:43 (ten years ago) link
to my credit, I managed to figure out the "are you pregnant or trying to get pregnant" boxes on the Spanish dental intake form, but only because I know the word "mujeres" from bathroom doors.
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
lol. also embarazadas from the subway right?
― Charlie Slothrop (wins), Monday, 12 August 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
ha, you completely overestimate the transportation infrastructure of La Paz, much less La Ventana. I haven't been on a subway in a looooooooonog time
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 19:49 (ten years ago) link
Carl may I suggest to you a baby shower concept to which I was once introduced. You get mostly naked on a table and your girlfriends drape like paper mache on your boobs and belly. The it dries and you have a cast of. . . your boobs and belly. Which maybe you want to hang on the wall as "art," or maybe you want to use as a way to serve chips and two dips.
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
to answer your previous question, yeah, it's pretty weird. It's also kind of gross and uncomfortable. But it's also fun in a way that I can't quite articulate. Aside from being nauseated daily, sometimes all day, and finding 95% of all food completely revolting for the first... 20 weeks (I'm 20 weeks 6 days, so I am only now enjoying the part where food is this wonderful life affirming substance that I actually want to smell and put in my mouth and boy it took some restraint not to complain about that on the internet let me tell you) I've had a pretty easy time of it, though, plus we've been trying to do this forEVARRRR so I'm not complaining.
In response to your shower suggestion, no.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
that shower sounds o_O
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 19:55 (ten years ago) link
I don't think that such things should be limited to pregnant women. I think birthday parties, retirement parties, housewarmings should all involve nude body-mold making and subsequent chip and dip service.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 19:57 (ten years ago) link
Yeah but you really need the 8- or 9-month preggo belly if you want to do the chips plus two dips thing. My cast would be like a tray (for cheese, I guess?) and then like a cup that fits a handful of chips and a cup that fits like 1 cup of dip. Good preggo belly can do a whole bag of Tostitos.
― quincie, Monday, 12 August 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
Plus, y'know, a fair amount of salsa a guac
Woah! Carl, that is SO awesome!!! Congrats!
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Monday, 12 August 2013 20:17 (ten years ago) link
omg! congrraaaaatttssss!!!
― kinder, Monday, 12 August 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
Is it really hard not to tell anyone? I would want to blab to everyone. I expect.
can we all chip in and get you a BUN IN THIS OVEN tshirt
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 20:55 (ten years ago) link
Such wonderful news!!! So happy for you both!
― Jaq, Monday, 12 August 2013 20:58 (ten years ago) link
Thank you all! It is making me feel all warm and fuzzy. Or maybe that's hormones.
kinder, we told our parents at around 10 weeks, and IRL pals when I got to the second trimester* so it wasn't a total secret. Like I said we've been trying for awhile and I miscarried a little more than a year ago so I just didn't want to talk about it on the internet and then have something happen. Just a surfeit of caution, really. I did have to be mindful of not posting things that might give obvious hints, though, like that I ate nothing but baked potatoes for three days or that I puked in the street while waiting for the bus in front of Trader Joe's.
*me not drinking was too unusual to go unremarked, so we kind of had to come out with it. I went to lunch with a friend one Saturday and ordered a Sprite and she was like "YOU'RE PREGNANT!!!!!" because I didn't order beer.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:04 (ten years ago) link
aw congratulations!!
― estela, Monday, 12 August 2013 21:06 (ten years ago) link
xp - gurl, you know it. a friend of mine came over (you know her carl!) and i offered her wine and she turned me down and i was like hold up....yes? and she looked at me and was like YUP and we hugged :)
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:11 (ten years ago) link
I think every British guy learns at some point or another not to say LOL ARE YOU UP THE DUFF when a lady chooses a non-alcoholic beverageUsually that point is far far too late though
― kinder, Monday, 12 August 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
hahah
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
I feel v sheltered as this is not a thing that I've ever a) noticed or b) been clued in enough to ask
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
this is a friend i've known (and drank wine with) for almost 20 years. she has never turned down a glass of wine ime.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
that is to say that it was a fun friendship moment, not like some dillweed at the grocery store asking if she's expecting.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:31 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
OMG CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARL CONGRATULATIONS!
― horseshoe, Monday, 12 August 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
The not drinking thing is an instant giveaway for most people I know, so much so that at a recent wedding a friend kept her pint glass full of apple juice all night as she wasn't ready to go public yet.
― joygoat, Monday, 12 August 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
omg this is so excitng
yay yay yay your kid is going to be so awesome
― horseshoe, Monday, 12 August 2013 21:34 (ten years ago) link
^^^
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
jeff are u working on yr dad joeks y/n
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:36 (ten years ago) link
and will you grow a dadstache
hs thank you!
joygoat is this our mutual friend? She was telling me the lengths she and her husband went to to make it look like she was drinking. My favorite (the the one Jeff wished we had thought of) was ordering a drink anyway and giving it to her husband to drink in addition to his own. Also near beer and secret convos with wait staff.
I mainly just didn't go out much, which worked out well given my general barfiness.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:38 (ten years ago) link
carlngragathalations!!!
― I tweeted too much and I am in jail. (crüt), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:40 (ten years ago) link
Thanks crut!
He already has a dadbeard so there's that. I think I'm the primary font of dad jokes in our household much to Jeff's exasperation.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
haha
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 12 August 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
yeah that's her, it was kind of funny in a convoluted way especially since me and the wife were told beforehand but nobody else there knew about it. it was pretty convincing.
― joygoat, Monday, 12 August 2013 22:17 (ten years ago) link
I have some time in between appointments so I just came back to say EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Monday, 12 August 2013 23:38 (ten years ago) link
Good preggo belly can do a whole bag of Tostitos.
in more ways than one, I bet
congrats carl!!!
― carlos danger zone (mh), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
so radical
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
This is two pregnancies due in December I've found out about in the last twelve hours, what a day
― carlos danger zone (mh), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:21 (ten years ago) link
I kind of hope the kid is born on Christmas day because my mom's birthday is New Year's and mine is on Thanksgiving every seven years and it seems like appropriate winter holiday symmetry. Also this - http://www.werewolves.com/why-the-christmas-myth/
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:26 (ten years ago) link
also the opportunities to talk up the power of krampus are exponential with this xmas babby
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
Christmas birthdays are awesome imo (28th here) and OMG this is very cool and exciting. You're going to be an awesome mother, CA.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
I'm sad that my Krampus t-shirt will not fit this holiday season, but now that you mention it, I think I should probably invest in a Krampus onesie. xp
Thanks, E!
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
ENBB, do you have any thoughts on how not to let Christmas itself eclipse Christmas adjacent birthdays? Jeff and I don't do much in the way of celebrating Christmas (we don't exchange gifts and only give gifts to immediate family members because they would fuss if we didn't), but I know that on the years my birthday is on Thanksgiving, it's like I barely have one since everybody is distracted by their own holiday plans.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
Oh my goodness, such fantastic news! Congratulations Carl & Jeff! :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:37 (ten years ago) link
omg krampus onesie! I die. Also, I think I need a Krampus t-shirt!!! Which do you have?
My mom's birthday is NYE and she always got completely shafted so she always made a big point of differentiating between Christmas and my birthday to try not to let that happen. By the time the 28th rolled around all the birthday stuff was up an we always did something special. I would also suggest doing birthday parties a couple weeks early because Christmas week itself is tough since many people are away but everyone is in a festive mood mid-December so having one then works well. Don't wait until January - people are burnt out. You can't really stop other people from doing the whole HB/Merry Christmas all in one thing but I think you guys making a special point of separating the two is enough. In the event that he/she is actually born on the 24th or 25th maybe you could do a birthday observed thing on the 26th to keep the festivities going and have a whole day that really is their own.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
congrats carl!! super awesome news.
― confusion is sexts (c sharp major), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 14:47 (ten years ago) link
Can I chime in an add: yes, please put an extra special effort into a separate birthday, maybe even do a half-birthday thing in the middle of the year. Mine is the 20th and I was always told that I could just open a xmas present early, and that was about it for my entire childhood, except the 2 out-of-character parties my mum threw for my 4th and 5th birthdays.
― just1n3, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
Oh that's so sad. :(
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
lol i know it makes me sound really pathetic but the upside is that ytth spoils me crazy-rotten every year bc he feels so sorry for me.
― just1n3, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:04 (ten years ago) link
These are good suggestions! I like the idea of having a party on the half-birthday, since there will not be people around for a party on the kid's regular birthday, plus half birthday will be in June, which is a more screaming children's party-friendly time of year anyway. Telling a kid to open a Christmas present early is pretty sad! I'm glad you get spoiled now, just1n3.
This is the Krampus shirt I have - http://shirt.woot.com/offers/greetings-from-krampus. It is very fun to wear it to family holiday gatherings. And that design is available in a onesie - http://www.cafepress.com/mf/63438157/greetings-from-krampus_bodysuit. My mother is never going to speak to me again...
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
I'm the 21st, which means that every year I get a b'day call from my brother in which he adopts a sinister voice and growls "you were born on the daaaaaaarkest day of the yeeeeeear."
Honestly I think birthday obsession is a bit obnoxious in adults, so may as well start with keeping it pretty low-key with a kiddo? Anyhow I do always appreciate that my friend Lynne makes a special effort to wrap my b'day present and her BILs b'day present (he is the 25) in "Happy Birthday" paper and not not the handier christmas-y paper, which everyone has lying around at the time.
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:34 (ten years ago) link
That's something I will have to be mindful of as I wrap everybody's presents in Christmas paper, regardless of their birth date or the occasion, since that's all I ever have.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:35 (ten years ago) link
Wrapping paper is stupid, anyway.
I resent wrapping paper, FYI.
I used to save the Sunday comics section (color) and wrap presents in that :)
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
so do ii will wrap everything in newpaper until there are no more newpapersthen i will wrap everything in pieces of recycled trashthen i will just toss presents at people
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:37 (ten years ago) link
oops xp
hahahah <3 u LL!
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:38 (ten years ago) link
ha, glad someone doesi wrapped some presents last year in some old teaching materials (a giant Newsweek education poster about the electoral process iirc) if ppl can't appreciate that, they can not receive presents from me anymore
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:40 (ten years ago) link
sorry i am talking about wrapping paper on your knocked up thread
I fully endorse your views and this conversation.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:41 (ten years ago) link
Actually carl I have to confess that while I am truly psyched for you and Jeff, there is a little tug on my heart that you will be leaving the married-without-children club, which is always lean on members.
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
Aw, yeah, I can see that.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:44 (ten years ago) link
I worry about how friendships will change, too. Don't leave me because I reproduced, LL.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
I won't. Don't leave me either! I'm surprised there isn't a thread for that Time article that my mom and 3 other people tried to get me to read recently.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:47 (ten years ago) link
I'm a married-without-children!
― kinder, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
high five, kinder!
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
ilx seems to have a relatively high number of married-no-kids ppl compared to my irl social group
― just1n3, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
me too!
sorry carl, yr shunned
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
Dang!
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
well let's not pollute the Knocked Up Rollcall with Not-Knocked-Up Rocalling, this thead is all about BABBIES YES!
― quincie, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
I think a kid's birthday deserves a whole lot more celebration and fanfare than any Christian holiday, so I prefer to make the b-day the focus. I know it's impossible though when everything around you will be Christmas this and Christmas that, plus overwhelming pressure to celebrate from Christmas loving relatives. We should just move to a land of no Christmas.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
Let's just tell the kid that all of the lights and fanfare are other people celebrating its birthday, too.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 18:24 (ten years ago) link
Our daughter was born on the 4th of July and we totally told her that!
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 18:53 (ten years ago) link
I know it's impossible though when everything around you will be Christmas this and Christmas that
It's really not impossible you just have to work a little harder at it. Plus, it's kind of awesome getting so many presents and it is a festive time of year so people are generally in a good mood. The 1/2 birthday idea is cool too though since there is more to do in the summer but honestly I always liked having a Christmas birthday and I think it's because my parents made a big point of not letting it get lost in all the holiday stuff.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
Also, congrats Jeff :). I realized I only said that to CA before which isn't fair.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
carl, are you feeling kicks and turns yet? i have a supergross video i took of my belly when henry was doing amniotic aerobics one day. it was moving and stretching like an alien was trying to poke its way out.
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I can feel the little bugger in there a lot. Lots of blips and bloops and bubbles type feelings, but no real kicks or jabs. Although I might have gotten kicked in the stomach the other day (as in the baby kicked me in my actual stomach organ, not that somebody from the outside kicked me in the abdomen) because I felt that same BLOOP feeling, but in my stomach and I did not subsequently burp/fart so it wasn't gas. I can't see anything from the outside, but I'm only 21 weeks and also fat so I think the fetus will have to get a bit bigger before that happens.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 19:59 (ten years ago) link
I kind of want to see your video, though. I told Jeff that you could see stuff moving from the outside eventually and he was skeptical.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
You totally can! It happened to my colleague in a big meeting :)
― kinder, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:05 (ten years ago) link
oh there are tons of viedos on YouTube of that. They're so freaky. You can see elbows and even feet sometimes!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
yeah. seeing from the outside is very much late in the pregnancy. ill try to find the video tonight!
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
this isnt me but its the same type of dealie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7qVJiYBlbo
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:21 (ten years ago) link
Oh wow, wow! Lucky, lucky kiddo! Congratulations.
― ljubljana, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
Holy shit that is weird.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
The video, not your congrats, ljub.
Booyah!I could see Evie's hands and feet and what-not toward the end. She was very active. I often had a weird lump wherever she was pushing. I thought it was cool.
― Sarah McLusky, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:44 (ten years ago) link
What up, McLusky!
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 22:48 (ten years ago) link
leopold's maneuvers y'all
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:31 (ten years ago) link
is the The Leopold Maneuver a good name for a lady rock band, y/n
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
y
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:54 (ten years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 August 2013 01:55 (ten years ago) link
n, better for a dude rock band
― quincie, Wednesday, 14 August 2013 06:03 (ten years ago) link
I missed this news but it is exciting, congrats to you both!
― the supreme personality of Godhead : a summary study (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 15 August 2013 09:36 (ten years ago) link
ty!
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 12:05 (ten years ago) link
Can I just... poor Jeff has born the brunt of my bitching about this particular issue so I just want to let it out elsewhere, but the state of plus size maternity clothes is so dire. Luckily (and only the dire state of plus size maternity wear could me characterize such a thing as "luck") I was so sick for the first five months that I dropped about 25 pounds, which puts me in Target and Old Navy's straight size XXL maternity for dresses and other stretchy knits so I'm not walking around naked. But even though I've been unable to stand anything constricting around my midsection since about week six I'm only now starting to show and need maternity clothes so who knows if those XXLs will work in the coming months.
Anyway, thank goodness I can work from home more or less at my whim because I have two outfits that I think are office appropriate, and the one I'm wearing today makes me feel like Dorothy Zbornak.
I'll keep at that or else I'll never stop typing, but let me just say that "plus size maternity tights" is the thing that is depressing me the most right now.
Okay thank you for letting me vent.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:12 (ten years ago) link
Man, I'm so sad I'll never be pregnant, I was looking forward to the only time in my life it would be acceptable to let my belly out in public and actually be comfortable.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:14 (ten years ago) link
And let me clarify - shockingly, I'm not having body image issues, which I was worried about (and which may come later, who knows). I actually think I look pretty great. I've lucked out so far in the hormonal sweepstakes pulled the thick hair and good skin and strong nails cards (which again, later? who knows...), which is certainly helping. This is 100% a clothes availability issue.
xp That is a nice feeling, I will admit.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
I have a theory that royals and female politicians and public figures stay so skinny because otherwise you can't wear nice clothes and sit/eat in public, and they have to look like they're not miserable at every single moment.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
alternate theory: oppressive body standards spare no woman, regardless or privilege or position
― shiny trippy people holding bandz (m bison), Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:29 (ten years ago) link
Man, you really need a better tagline, that one is just depressing.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
:(
― shiny trippy people holding bandz (m bison), Thursday, 15 August 2013 14:34 (ten years ago) link
carl have you tried a belly band? you can wear your normal clothes (pants unbuttoned and unzipped)with it and it covers a bunch o belly
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Thursday, 15 August 2013 16:28 (ten years ago) link
It's not totally practical now bc my wardrobe is 95% dresses or side zip skirts but it's totally a good idea for when elastic waist stuff has to go under the gut.
My fave jeans are actually jeggings or more accurately elastic waist skinny jeans that I had to take in at the waist so I've just let them out and they are totally good for jeans. Hopefully I won't need jeans until November or so. The belly band will be good to get wear out of otherwise too short shirts, too.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
You will have excellent pregnancy weather, that's for sure.
― no fomo (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
I know! That's why I'm heart broken about the lack of tights selection. I'm hoping I can just size up in regular tights.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
I have no idea what fat preggos who have no room to size up do. Never go outside?
There are always curtains, if Amanda hasn't turned them into a sundress and a bunch of throw pillows yet.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
Von Trapp style ftw.
― Madchen, Thursday, 15 August 2013 17:31 (ten years ago) link
Carl, are Forever 21 tights an option? They're cheaply made but I know they do have XL+ selection. I forget how tall you are if that's an issue, but they almost hit my ankles, so they're pretty long!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:10 (ten years ago) link
lol no. Their stuff runs small and XL tights wouldn't cut it if I weren't pregnant.
I Love Colors has a robust plus line so fingers crossed their biggest size will accommodate whatever sized watermelon I'm smuggling in later months. Yours Clothing also has sweeeeet 120 denier black tights so I'm crossing my fingers that they'll work.
There's always leggings too, which are available in plus sizes from a few places.
Proper maternity tights have this sweet built in stomach support sling that I'm sad to miss out on as I can already tell that will feel pretty nice as things progress.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 18:50 (ten years ago) link
I feel bad like I'm asking for suggestions and then pooping on them! I don't mean to do that. I'm not going to be naked. It's just a word of difference from
http://www3.assets-gap.com/webcontent/0006/327/658/cn6327658.jpg
to
http://media.plussizetech.com/jessicalondon/ma/2319_97647_ma_0001.jpg
(huge so I'm linking it but if you don't feel like clicking, it's a fugly blue suit.)
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:04 (ten years ago) link
Or like
http://www.apeainthepod.com/Product.asp?product_Id=273230010&MasterCategory_Id=MC2
vs.
http://media.plussizetech.com/womanwithin/mm/0046_22072_mm.jpg
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
I want that stripey tank top yesterday.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
The black and white one, I hope you mean...
And let me again acknolwedge my inherently privileged position of 1) being on the smaller end of plus size and being able to size up in non-maternity plus stuff and 2) having money to actually afford new clothes at all! I recognize this is some quid/ag shit, ultimately.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
The other one would make a fine dress if the stripes were different colors, I think. And by that I mean death to mauve. But really I am hearing you, the options are p bleak.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
No offence taken, Carl! I wasn't sure if F21 had tights in higher than XL but I was overjoyed when I discovered they had cheap XL ones and hoped the size train kept on a runnin'. I kinda like hideous blue suit but I'm a weirdo, so.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
I have... four? dresses that are almost that exact color! But something about the color applied to a suit and that cut and woof.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:53 (ten years ago) link
You are a weirdo, though. ;)
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 19:54 (ten years ago) link
this weirdo likes mauve and has at least a couple of mauve tops, but doesn't do white tops/dresses and is suspicious of horizontal stripes (I am fairly sure that "horizontal = fattening, vertical = slimming" thing is BS but it still taunts me when I look at horizontal stripes in the shop so I never buy any), so, still not doing that stripy dress
― the supreme personality of Godhead : a summary study (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 15 August 2013 20:03 (ten years ago) link
i always feel like a clown in vertical stripessometimes that's ok but usually it's kinda nagl
― no fomo (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 August 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
I used stripes as a gateway drug to white in my wardrobe and now I'll wear every crazy thing. Summer of unemployment has been mostly jorts, leggings as pants(! Inside the house only) & yoga pants though. Skirts seem like too much work for lazing about the house in. You are right, Carl, now that I look again it is a weirdly cut suit but the blue is an A+ weirdo shade for sure. /helpful post
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 15 August 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
Simplybe.co.uk has a huge range of plus-size maternity stuff and it looks like the .com site has a fair amount too. Don't know if it's your kind of style, but def worth checking out if you haven't already.
― Madchen, Thursday, 15 August 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
PLUS-SIZE MATERNITY LEATHER-LOOK LEGGINGS Oh carl we have found your spiritual home.
― Tottenham Heelspur (in orbit), Thursday, 15 August 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
The palazzo pants I am wearing right now are from Simply Be's maternity range! I wouldn't call the range huge, but it's pretty much a fat woman's best bet for anything nearing stylish maternity.
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 21:25 (ten years ago) link
This is hot shit, though - http://www.simplybe.com/maternity/maternity-print-bodycon-dress/invt/rf288gw/
Please don't sell out before I get paid again....
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 21:27 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, that dress is ace. It's a UK company so I guess that's why our site has a bit more stuff.
― Madchen, Thursday, 15 August 2013 21:30 (ten years ago) link
Anyway, I should out myself: I am carrying the spawn of Stet and will be for another 24 weeks or so, all being well.
― Madchen, Thursday, 15 August 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
hey, congrats! what is a bodycon dress?
― no fomo (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 August 2013 21:33 (ten years ago) link
Awesome, Madchen!!! Congratulations!
Bodycon dress = form fitting
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Thursday, 15 August 2013 22:01 (ten years ago) link
Am I still allowed to hang out in your club or did I get drummed out in absentia on Monday night?
― waterface down (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 August 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
And also wow holy crap congratulations madchen/stet
― waterface down (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 August 2013 22:30 (ten years ago) link
congrats Madchen and stet!
― the supreme personality of Godhead : a summary study (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 15 August 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
Woah! Congrats!!
― "Max's Original Starship" Vol. 3 (sunny successor), Friday, 16 August 2013 00:10 (ten years ago) link
― Madchen, Thursday, August 15, 2013 4:33 PM (2 hours ago)
Yayyyy, congratulations!
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Friday, 16 August 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
Madchen (anybody, really), would you be interested in a pregnancy commiseration thread or the like? I feel like me using this thread to talk about general pregnancy stuff means that your amazing announcement got a little lost so we could take the conversation elsewhere. Or I could just stop talking about it so much...
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Friday, 16 August 2013 12:40 (ten years ago) link
congratulations madchen and stet, that's wonderful news.
― estela, Friday, 16 August 2013 13:10 (ten years ago) link
don't ever stop talking, carl agatha, you are a joy to read.
― estela, Friday, 16 August 2013 13:15 (ten years ago) link
Congrats madchen and stet!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 16 August 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
I'd definitely post on a pregnancy commiseration thread, but don't worry about the general chat here - it doesn't feel like anything got lost.
― Madchen, Friday, 16 August 2013 13:42 (ten years ago) link
Why not then - This Is the Pregnancy Commiseration and Support Thread
― Lawyer... SUAVE... (carl agatha), Friday, 16 August 2013 13:59 (ten years ago) link
heh err umm guess what
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 15 May 2014 00:47 (nine years ago) link
wahoo
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 May 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link
congrats on #2
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 15 May 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
are you working up to starting the next partridge family band y/n
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:01 (nine years ago) link
ayo!
― how's life, Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:03 (nine years ago) link
aww, congrats. <3 little hockey fans
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
Congratulations!!!
― carl agatha, Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:28 (nine years ago) link
another babby formed
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:38 (nine years ago) link
yeah congrats!!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 May 2014 01:40 (nine years ago) link
knucks
― gbx, Thursday, 15 May 2014 02:36 (nine years ago) link
Whoa congrats dude! Now I need to have another one so they can allform a band together.
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 May 2014 02:43 (nine years ago) link
Wait why would I wish such a terrible thing on our wonderful children, what kind of monster am I.
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 May 2014 02:44 (nine years ago) link
Yay aero! Glad tidings
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 May 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
rad dad!!!
― smooth hymnal (m bison), Thursday, 15 May 2014 02:52 (nine years ago) link
Hurrah for siblings! Also, good luck with that :)
― Madchen, Thursday, 15 May 2014 06:39 (nine years ago) link
― WilliamC, Thursday, 15 May 2014 12:32 (nine years ago) link
aw yay! congrats!
― reddening, Thursday, 15 May 2014 14:44 (nine years ago) link
congratulations y'all!
― KrafTwerk (sleeve), Thursday, 15 May 2014 14:52 (nine years ago) link
Aero! Congrats!!
― get up in this twerk cypher (sunny successor), Friday, 16 May 2014 03:51 (nine years ago) link
mazel tov, aero.
― Daniel, Esq 2, Friday, 16 May 2014 03:55 (nine years ago) link
Oh hi, thread
― kinder, Friday, 23 May 2014 09:54 (nine years ago) link
Now feed me ALL THE BREAD
― kinder, Friday, 23 May 2014 09:55 (nine years ago) link
:D!!!!!!!
― carl agatha, Friday, 23 May 2014 10:30 (nine years ago) link
Ah, springtime. :)
― how's life, Friday, 23 May 2014 10:34 (nine years ago) link
AAHHHHHH!!!!!!!! More mini ilxors!! Congrats to all. :D :D :D
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Friday, 23 May 2014 12:23 (nine years ago) link
lol I do seem to remember aero musing, I wonder how soon I can convince her to go through that again? and now here we are.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Friday, 23 May 2014 12:24 (nine years ago) link
Wahoo!
― Madchen, Friday, 23 May 2014 12:25 (nine years ago) link
Aw, congrats Kinder.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 23 May 2014 12:29 (nine years ago) link
:D thanks! Just been discussing maternity options at work...
― kinder, Friday, 23 May 2014 12:30 (nine years ago) link
Awww - exciting! When are you due? Also, be glad you live in a country where you have options and good ones at that! (The shameful lack of maternity leave laws in the US is one of the things that angers me the most)
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 23 May 2014 12:32 (nine years ago) link
congrats on your forthcoming kin(der)!
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 23 May 2014 12:59 (nine years ago) link
KINDERRRRRR!
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 23 May 2014 13:18 (nine years ago) link
Wahey kinder!!!!
― ljubljana, Friday, 23 May 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link
happy news all around, congrats babby formers!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 23 May 2014 15:08 (nine years ago) link
kinder babby yaaay
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 23 May 2014 15:25 (nine years ago) link
Due end of November. Seem aaaages away at the moment...(Yes, my maternity leave is pretty generous - very happy about this!)
― kinder, Friday, 23 May 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
just had my first 'was it planned?' from someone who I'd just met and it was their second question to me. UH
― kinder, Thursday, 29 May 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
I can now announce that we have baby #2 coming at the end of November. Thanks to genetic testing, we already know that it's going to be a girl, which is great because we don't have to try and think of boy names anymore. Boy names are hard.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
YAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
Name her Malortia Blackhawks.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
If it turns out to be a boy after all, name him Dan Ryan.
Or boy or girl - Blagojevich.
Just one name. Like Cher.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
Stevia Albiny Yourlastname
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
Thanks guys.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
This is super weird but I saw pics you'd posted on FB recently and I think S was in one and I thought, "Oh, she's pregnant" and then checked but didn't see a bump or anything so I have no idea why I thought that. In any event this is awesome. Congrats!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:41 (nine years ago) link
Ha. We've been careful about trying not to post full-length pics bc she's showing a lot earlier this time. Maybe it was the glow.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:46 (nine years ago) link
Aw, due date buddies! Congrats!
― kinder, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
Maybe! Or maybe subconsciously I was like why is only her upper body showing in recently? lol. Is E excited?
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
Yes she is excited about being a big sister and has already said she will change all the diapers.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:49 (nine years ago) link
Ha!
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
It is crazy how few boys there are in our circle of friends with kids.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:56 (nine years ago) link
congratulations!!!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
That is kind of cool though cause I am going to assume this means you'll all be raising smart and kick-ass little girls.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
Word.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:56 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think about that sometimes, but then I know other circles where all of the kids are boys.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
― WilliamC, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:04 (nine years ago) link
Alllllll of my friends' kids are boys. Except two. It's still weird.
― kinder, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:08 (nine years ago) link
kinder are you going to find out the sex of your baby?
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
Yeah! Not for another five weeks though. I keep changing my mind about what I think it it is :)
― kinder, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
congrats, NA!
― just1n3, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
― Immediate Follower (NA), Tuesday, June 3, 2014 2:46 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Ha, you make it sound like you've been filming some 80s sitcom. Congrats!
― pplains, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
Congratulations NA!
― Madchen, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:24 (nine years ago) link
This is like the exact opposite of mine - I swear it's like 15-1 in favor of boys.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link
girls rule boys drool
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:09 (nine years ago) link
ime girls drool too
― Euler, Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
Congrats! Exciting baby times! There were two pregnancy announcements on my fb today, aw :)
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 22:21 (nine years ago) link
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:09 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Euler, Tuesday, June 3, 2014 5:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lol'd
― smooth hymnal (m bison), Tuesday, 3 June 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
*cough*
― ATTACK MY RUSTY TOOLBOX (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 11:58 (six years ago) link
still v early but uh i guess i'm gonna be a dad?
― ATTACK MY RUSTY TOOLBOX (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 12:00 (six years ago) link
OMG a lill Bizarro Gazza? Congrats dude!
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
Whoo!
― how's life, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 12:13 (six years ago) link
thanks guys
like i say, still v early days (my wife's about five weeks along, we think) but i'm thrilled and terrified and i've been dying to tell people irl but we're waiting until 12 weeks or so for that
― ATTACK MY RUSTY TOOLBOX (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 13:06 (six years ago) link
ohh congrats and good luck!!!!
― marcos, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 14:05 (six years ago) link
yaaay babby bg congratshope all goes well for the pregnancy <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
YAYAYAYAYAYAY BABY CLUB
― professor of postmalonial studies (m bison), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 22:58 (six years ago) link
Dadness going viralLuv2reproduce dads
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link
ilx = dadboard
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:47 (six years ago) link
congratulations bizarro, that’s great news :)
― estela, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 05:21 (six years ago) link
Luv2reproduce dads
yesssssss
thanks guys, appreciate it
― midas / medusa cage match (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 08:23 (six years ago) link
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 08:43 (six years ago) link
congrats dude
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 13:16 (six years ago) link
no more commute for a yearlivin' the dream
― kinder, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
!!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:36 (six years ago) link
ayy congrats kinder!
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:37 (six years ago) link
(still pregnant in the gazzara household btw, due 14 june)
― grim-n-gritty hooty reboot (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
yaybies!!!
― Men's Scarehouse - "You're gonna like the way you're shook." (m bison), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:43 (six years ago) link
I was already 'out' (on 77 I think!) but finally chillin out maxin relaxin all coolby which I mean cleaning up 'accidents' (son's, not mine), making food for the freezer and mildly freaking out
― kinder, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:44 (six years ago) link
i'm due around the same time as scik I think
― kinder, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 23:46 (six years ago) link
we’re having a girl y’allpsyched to raise a hard-left feminazi shock troop
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 29 January 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
duuuude yay!!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
:Di was kinda hoping for a girl tbh, couldn’t be happier
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 29 January 2018 18:42 (six years ago) link
girls run the world iirc
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2018 19:37 (six years ago) link
girls are the best because you get exposed to tons of excellent MLPFIM content without having to identify as a brony
― El Tomboto, Monday, 29 January 2018 20:44 (six years ago) link
you havent lived until you have had your hair braided
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
alas i am a bald :(maybe i could get my beard braided for that viking vibeor get my twilight sparkle wig braided and kill two birds with one stone
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 29 January 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
yes to both
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 29 January 2018 23:53 (six years ago) link
YAY GIRL!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
congrats!!!!!
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
thx man
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
O wow excellent triple congrats
― bizarrer Gandhara (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 21:01 (six years ago) link
Hey congrats BG!
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 21:07 (six years ago) link
hey I got a babby <3really hard to definitely decide on his name! the responsibility!
― kinder, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 22:31 (six years ago) link
pythagoras is a great name fyi
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
(thx nv and lbi btw)
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 22:36 (six years ago) link
names seem super-hard tbhkinder tell us about yr babby!
― your skeleton is ready to hatch (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
kinder congrats!!! ya tell us!
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 22:51 (six years ago) link
CONGRATS KINDER BABBY IS SO GOOD
we are done having babby I'm kinda melancholy about it because the last babby is now 3.
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 22:56 (six years ago) link
he's teeny and v cute and looks a lot like his brother when he was born even though he's still a bit squished up. brother will meet him tomorrow!
― kinder, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 00:45 (six years ago) link
I'm done having bby now too, 2 is plenty
yay kinder <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 31 January 2018 01:04 (six years ago) link
mrs gazzara is being induced tomorrow at 2pm
*gulp*
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
congrats!!!
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
batten down the hatches
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
Never stop kitty posts in favor of kiddie posts OK pls?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:50 (five years ago) link
yiiiiikes! Congrats!!
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 20:54 (five years ago) link
Ayo Bizzo, you and the missus be well, rooting for that feline babby <3
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Good luck!
― kinder, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:35 (five years ago) link
It's your first? prepare to ride a crazy rollercoaster of emotions! (it's awesome)
― kinder, Tuesday, 12 June 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
yeah, first for both of uspsyched/scared but mainly really looking forward to hanging out with this lil dude who’s been kicking the shit out of my wife since week 16
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 12 June 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
Good luck! My top advice for new dads is to remember that for about the first 12 weeks that baby is basically not gonna understand or care who you are, and will only have eyes for mummy. Don’t be disheartened! Also, it is totally ok to feel like you’ve made a massive stupid mistake in the first few days. Persevere. It gets better. By the time they walk and laugh it is amazing.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 04:52 (five years ago) link
thanks, that sounds like v sensible advice!
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 08:05 (five years ago) link
best wishes to the bg family, so exciting!
― estela, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 10:02 (five years ago) link
oh shi just read this HAVE IT
― the Messi inside (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 10:18 (five years ago) link
My top advice for new dads is to invest in sleep futures and in a few weeks or so when they need their nails trimmed for the first time, do not volunteer for that shit. Remember, at all times, that you don’t have a clue what you’re doing.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 10:36 (five years ago) link
Biting the nails off is less stress than clippers tho
― the Messi inside (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 10:39 (five years ago) link
alternate take: let them nails grow so they can defend themselves against vicious and selfish babies at daycares
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
congrats and best wishes, you'll have so much fun
― The Desus & Mero Chain (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 12:14 (five years ago) link
the cumulative pain I have suffered from my baby's nails honestly rivals childbirth. cut them, OFTEN
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
ok maybe not honestly, but those things are like teeny razors slashing and grabbing and holding tight
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
Oh god the fingernails
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link
while waving my arms around wildly in my first few months on the planet my insufficiently trimmed fingernail scratched my dad's eyeball and he had to go to hospital. a lesson for you all.
― ogmor, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
my friend also has a scratched eyeball from her kid!
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:27 (five years ago) link
anticipation!!
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:34 (five years ago) link
The worst is when their fingers go up your nose. Best wishes, bizarro!
― how's life, Wednesday, 13 June 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
no longer on the knocked up rollcallour daughter is here and she’s pretty fkn cute tbh
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:41 (five years ago) link
also her fingernails are a) long and b) very sharp
a+
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 June 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
wooooooooooooooo
― 21st savagery fox (m bison), Friday, 15 June 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 June 2018 00:22 (five years ago) link
Way to go bg
― Simon H., Friday, 15 June 2018 00:51 (five years ago) link
bizarro! congratulations :)
― obviously DLC (Karl Malone), Friday, 15 June 2018 00:52 (five years ago) link
Great news. Have the kitties met her yet?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 15 June 2018 01:10 (five years ago) link
― she carries a torch. two torches, actually (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Friday, 15 June 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
bg congratulations!!!
― marcos, Friday, 15 June 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
Yay!!!!! Congrats, BG!!!!
― Right column Leftist (sunny successor), Friday, 15 June 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
congratulations and welcome to babby gazzara!
― estela, Friday, 15 June 2018 05:00 (five years ago) link
congrats to you & the lady gazzarawelcome babby, RIP yr eyeballs
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 15 June 2018 05:15 (five years ago) link
Top work
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 15 June 2018 05:18 (five years ago) link
Congrats my man!
― lbi's life of limitless european glamour (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 15 June 2018 06:39 (five years ago) link
:D welcome baba gazzara
― ogmor, Friday, 15 June 2018 08:13 (five years ago) link
thanks everyone! delivery was pretty intense but my wife was a champ. there were stitches and blood loss and so it might be a few days before they can come home - will be going to visit them in a couple of hours and hopefully we’ll have a clearer idea of the timeline soon. i expect the kitty reaction might be equally intense - might be more nervous about that than anything else tbh
― CARL MARKS PRINCIPAL INVESTING AND ADVISORY SERVICES (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 15 June 2018 08:17 (five years ago) link
GOOD WORK GUYS
― Smolov pupper (Noodle Vague), Friday, 15 June 2018 11:26 (five years ago) link
― kinder, Friday, 15 June 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link